Xiao Hua had originally wanted to ask who exactly "that one" and "that one" were, but seeing the current situation, he shook his head slightly, knowing it was better not to ask.
"Alas, the reason this Xiao called you out alone was not to ask about those matters!" Setting aside his own affairs, Xiao Hua said to Qiongqiong, "This Xiao merely wished to ask how you intend to handle things with Fu Zhiwen in the future. Saying only that you will never leave him is really no different from saying nothing! Moreover, this Xiao knows that Fu Zhiwen would absolutely not let you betray the Immortal Palace like Gu Suqiudi did."
"To be frank with True Person," Qiongqiong said with an ingratiating smile, "when I first met Fu Zhiwen, I had considered this as well. But I believed that Fu Zhiwen's lifespan would certainly not exceed my term of punishment, so I merely intended for us to live from day to day! It was only after I met True Person last time that I realized I might be able to grow old with Fu Zhiwen. So long as Fu Zhiwen cultivates under True Person, even if he cannot enter the Immortal Palace as an official through his Confucian cultivation in the future, he may still enter Penglai Fairyland through his Daoist realm. When that time comes, I will beg that one... to demote me to Penglai Fairyland to atone for my crimes."
"Penglai Fairyland?" Xiao Hua was taken aback and asked curiously, "What is that? Is it like the Star Lord Palace atop Mount Jade Terrace?"
"Alas..." Qiongqiong sighed. "True Person, I cannot say any more! Some matters may not seem secret to me, but... but to others, they may well be secrets. If that one learns of it, I